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2-6-10, 14-18-22, repeat

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31/01

Nap 1 - Overslept by an hour and a half, but woke up on my own, which is a really good sign.

Nap 2 - Unable to sleep

Nap 3 - Slept just fine

Nap 4 - Slept deeply

Nap 5 - Overslept by four hours

Nap 6 - Skipped nap in favour of food, considering the recent oversleep.

Aaaaaaaan with this, I am announcing that I am considering a switch to an Everyman schedule instead. I think it was a bit of a mistake to try and jump right into one of the hardest schedules out there. If I do so, I'll be sleeping between 1 and 4:30 AM, Nap 1 will be taken at 8 AM, Nap 2 at 3:30 PM, and Nap 3 at 9PM.

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30/01

Nap 1 - unable to sleep Nap 2 - unable to sleep

Nap 3 - Overslept by an hour and a half

Nap 4 - Unable to sleep

Nap 5 - Slept deeply and happily for 20 minutes

Nap 6 - Even snored this time, I'm told.

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Welp, looks like I'm the only one left. Mod Chaos has decided that the time isn't right for them, either, and will be (re)attempting it at a later date.

Me, I will get this on my third try here.

I slept today - 7 hours, unfortunately. I didn't mean to, but this certainly reinforces the idea in my head that I can't do this and take my naps in my bed, at the very least for now. I'll be starting to take them here, in the computer room, where I can get up and head straight into my jumping jacks. I've been not doing them because of the possibly too weak flooring in the library. I've certainly noticed a steady increase in appetite. Even now I'm hoping that the meal I prepared before I slept got put in the fridge and not eaten, because I'm absolutely ravenous.

So here's to getting back on the horse!

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Fifth nap long over with (Cruelty's sixth), and I actually don't know whether I slept or not! Which is awesome, because that might mean that I actually slept, so woot.

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Yooooo

So, unfortunately, it looks like Mod Autumn is also droppin' out of the race - they feel that it may not be good for their current mental state and that the timing is not ideal, with them starting school again very soon here. They're thinking they may try again during spring break, or summer, but it's up in the air currently.

But don't worry, Cruelty and Chaos are still both going very strong! This is our third time attempting, and we are determined to succeed this time. I know I, for one, am adapting pretty quickly. I'm becoming much more succesfull at that whole "actually get to sleep for the 20 minutes" thing. Funny - everything I read told me my problem would be getting up, not the other way around. The brain fog is pretty thick right now... Thinking of anything more complicated than "walk over here" is rather draining, but elsewise, I'm doing damnably good if I do say so myself.

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Day one over

We've been keeping up with our naps. Or, at least, we've been going down and trying to sleep. I've mssed about half of them, I think. My memory is starting to hit that period of adjustment where anything not 20 minutes ago is more than a little fuzzy and something that takes active effort to recall. I've noticed that typos are also already upping a bit, and my sentences are getting a bit more confusing to string together. Sleep dep does that.

I started this morning at 10 in the morning. I took a 20 minute nap that I think overshot a bit into a 30 minute. But I'm okay. My next nap was that one that I couldn't tell if I slept, and the one after that I don't remember, but Mod Chaos says I slept. I did sleep through the last nap of 'today' (everything is already one very long today and I'm only the one day in) and it was very restfull. My body's been telling me as it needs food, and I think it's definitely increased today from normal, even if not a huge amount. I've been forgetting the jumping jacks and lingering in 'bed' (actually I'm sleeping on a couch in the library but we'll call it my bed for now) I experienced a pretty grumpy mood earlier where the slightest thing could make me level my best glare at someone, but thankfully that seems to have passed. For now, at least. I'm enjoying the extra time in my day. I get periods of utter exhaustion, but that's to be expected for the first month or so, and they pass quickly enough that I can make good use of the rest of my time. It's pitch black out right now, so I'm going to be staring at screens (until just before the naps) as much as humanly possible. I've broken out an easy, simple book to re-read for those times that my body will fight me on getting to sleep. Once my brain clears the fog a bit, I'm hoping I can really up my daily productivity.

....I can already see the major drawback that people talk about though - the social aspect. Two of my naps land right on the edges of D&D night, and the DM dropped out of this group. ....Ehn. It's 20 minutes. I'm more or less sure that they'll be willing to take a break or two for Autumn and I. It's not very long.

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Second collective nap done.

Only Cruelty actually slept this time, and while Ted's nap resulted in a break in his resolve (see previous post), Autumn and myself felt rested upon rising.

We did not partake in jumping jacks this time, though Autumn and I went for a walk, and Cruelty showered.

We are devoted, we are one will, we are one power, we are Legion for we are many.

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Mod Ted is dead (actually he just quit being an ubermanner and has gone back to monophasic sleeping, like a chickenwidiot; furthermore, he shall now be known as The Chickenwidiot).

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A few things I have learned from my first month

On waking up for the early-morning nap (mine's at 3 AM), it's best to shock your body with cold. This is easy for me because I live in a desert and the temperature drops dramatically during the night. Don't try and push your resting time forward or backward while you're still adjusting. Last night I thought I could get away with going to sleep 5 minutes early and one of my friends had to put my shoes on for me and physically push me out the door because of the sleep inertia. I've also had problems oversleeping when I go to bed too late. Just skip the nap and don't miss the next one.

If you have a problem period of wakefulness or a problem nap (I often oversleep my 7 AM nap), get a monophasic friend to help you out. Find something to do during that time period to help you stay awake, even if it's a waste of time. I played a lot of video games my first couple weeks.

If you do oversleep, get your other naps as normally.

Decide a time to shower and brush your teeth.

This website will help you a lot

Good luck!

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WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

I have no earliest human memory, for I am the ‘who’ when you call, “Who’s there?” I am the wind blowing through your hair.

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So we just went down for our first (collective) nap.

It... Could have gone better, but it could have gone worse. I'm not sure if I slept, and Mod Ted did not. Chaos and Autumn didn't either, but both are less tired after the rest. As soon as the alarm went off we all got up pretty quickly. We went straight into doing 20 jumping jacks. We plan to do 10-20 every time we wake to get the blood pumping and stop us from saying "Five more minutesssssss" for the next four hours.

Having something you do every time you wake up, immediately after you wake up, also eventually instills a feeling of urgentness upon waking, which discourages the idea of staying in bed (or wherever you've slept) and thus being in danger of falling back asleep.

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This here is a masterpost of one active person's six month adventure of the Überman sleep schedule.

He also has a bunch of tips and tricks.